Articles & Presentations

Insights &
Perspectives

Technical articles, conference presentations and thought leadership from the Riskscape team - covering spatial actuarial science, climate risk, geospatial technology and property data.

Published Articles

Articles & thought leadership

Longer-form pieces from the Riskscape team on the science behind the products - available on request.

Technical Article

Revolutionizing Wildfire Risk Management with NASA VIIRS and Riskscape

How density-based clustering, wind-speed optimisation, and a Wildfire Severity Model trained on ERA5 climate data and NASA VIIRS satellite detections deliver daily fire risk at 2km resolution - linked to individual properties within 2.4km of any fire block.

Request a Copy2025
Thought Leadership

Insurance in the Age of Paradox

Managing an insurance company in 2026 is no longer about the actuarial calculation of risk alone - it is an exercise in navigating a hall of mirrors. AI-driven misinformation, the climate mandate, and the corporate identity crisis are three compounding paradoxes every insurer must now face head-on.

Andries Schutte - FIA FASSA CERA

Request a Copy2026
Conference Presentations

On stage

Talks and papers delivered to actuarial, insurance and geospatial audiences.

Climate Change: Financial Sector Resilience Through the Geospatial Lens
GISSA 2025

Climate Change: Financial Sector Resilience Through the Geospatial Lens

Delivered at GISSA 2025. Argues that bottom-up, property-level modelling is essential - area-based averages do not suffice. Covers the full workflow from physical risk mapping through TCFD disclosure, portfolio stress testing, and a Vasicek-based systemic banking risk framework for South Africa.

Andries Schutte

Request a Copy2025
IAA International Actuaries Day - Flood Modelling & Actuarial Technology
IAA - Sep 2025

IAA International Actuaries Day - Flood Modelling & Actuarial Technology

Presented on 2 September 2025. Traces the path from traditional actuarial work to founding Riskscape, then dives into the technical methodology behind surface water (pluvial) and 3D river flood modelling - with result validation via Landsat false-colour imagery overlays.

Andries Schutte - Chair, IAA Water Risk Task Force

Request a CopySeptember 2025
Setting the Stage: Climate Change & Financial Risk
Conference Presentation

Setting the Stage: Climate Change & Financial Risk

A conference presentation contextualising climate change for financial sector audiences. Maps the full chain from physical water hazards - flood, sea-level rise, storm surge - through to financial impacts: asset damage, stranded assets, business interruption, and systemic banking contagion.

Andries Schutte

Request a Copy2025
Flood, Fire, and Geotechnical Risk - Riskscape Product Showcase
Product Showcase 2025

Flood, Fire, and Geotechnical Risk - Riskscape Product Showcase

A comprehensive product demonstration covering wildfire ignition modelling (20+ years of NASA VIIRS data, 2km resolution), river flood modelling with a 1m DTM and 1-in-100-year rainfall simulation, surface water ponding, and micro-landslide slope analysis. Case studies include the KZN 2022 floods and Valencia flash flood.

Andries Schutte

Request a Copy2025
Technical Product Papers

Product deep-dives

Methodology and capability papers for the individual data products.

Location Intelligence - Reverse Geocoding, Map Plugins & Digital Terrain Models
Technical Overview

Location Intelligence - Reverse Geocoding, Map Plugins & Digital Terrain Models

Riskscape's full location intelligence stack: meter-level reverse geocoding trained on South African context (gated estates, farm cadastrals, dense urban grids), dynamic map plugins with multi-hazard overlays, and the DTM/DSM product range from 1m DSM to 2–5m bare-earth DTM. Includes crime, seismic, and flood multi-hazard capability overview.
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High-Definition Addressing for South Africa - NLP, Mapcodes & Reverse Geocoding
Technical Overview

High-Definition Addressing for South Africa - NLP, Mapcodes & Reverse Geocoding

Deep dive into Riskscape's HD Addressing system: an NLP model trained on South African language variations, fuzzy matching with transformer embeddings for misspelled addresses, the Mapcode system covering 15 million+ formal and informal structures, and the Mobile Photo API for instant property identification and KYC/FICA onboarding.
Request a Copy2025

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